Serious: Nostalgia (Open to Vae and Fro)

Takao was at the figurehead of the Blue Bird, he was inspecting every little nook and cranny he came across. He was hanging upside down and staring right at the cannon which was located inside the figurehead's beak. Meanwhile Billy had a sinister smile on his face, he slowly approached Takao. He took small and silent steps, his hands ready to attack. Once Billy was close enough, he grabbed Takao's feet and hung him upside down over the sea.

"Haha, what're you gonna do now, loooser?" Billy teased.

Billy was just teasing Takao and he was obviously gonna return him back onto the deck in a harsh manner, he was't a murderer after all. However something unexpected happened, Takao's feet slipped out of his shoes and he was falling towards the sea! Takao quickly held onto the lower part of the figurehead's beak.

"You idiot! When I get up there you're sooo dead!"
"Hahah! Hold on tight cause it's gonna be a while before you're back up!"
"Miiiishi, Heeelp meee!~"

Takao was half annoyed and half amazed. He had never really took some time out of his daily shenanigans to actually observe the beautiful blue sea. It was an amazing sight, the sun's rays kissed the clam ocean creating a dazzling sight for all that were sailing. Takao's jaw dropped at the sight. However this amazing feeling was short loved as some sort of fish with teeth bit onto Takao's little toe.

"AHHH! IT'S EATING ME ALIVE!" he yelled, trying his best to shake the thing off.

Before he knew it, there were fish biting into all of his toes at once. Poor Takao.

Mishi was curled up, with her arms around a pillow. She absolutely hated the sea, it was completely awful. With its.. Wetness.. And it’s.. Drownyness.. And her not being able to swim. And her incident.  Either way, she wasn’t going outside, she could be thrown off of the deck and into the sea! Then again, staying inside was no better. What would happen if they like, hit an iceberg or something? They’d have nowhere to run, except maybe on the iceberg, but that’d be cold.
 
Ships are like prisons. And she haaaated them.  HAAA-She heard a noise, sounded like Takao. Something about something eating him alive. Also, he heard him hell for her. She sighed, closing her eyes and running outside. “What? WHAT?” she’d ask irritably, she hated going outside on a ship. She opened her eyes briefly, seeing Takao’s hands. She’d run over to him, and give an almighty yank, before quickly trying to punch Billy in the face before running inside and slamming the door.

Once Takao was on the deck, he quickly pulled the fish from his his poor toes and chucked them back into the sea. Though he left one on his right palm. He smirked and turned to face Billy, his smile was not that of a fun and playful young man, but it was that of a thing which was up to no good. Takao stood up and approached Billy, Billy was a little puzzled, why wasn't Takao shouting at him? What was up with that look on his face?

"O-oi, Takao?"

Once Takao was in front of Billy, he chuckled. Before quickly chucking the fish at his face, the fish bit into Billy's nose and Billy let out a scream in pain, he raced to one side of the deck and chucked the fish away. He turned to look at Takao who was laughing his butt off.

"Hahaha! What's wrong Billy, cat got your toun- Oh wait, fish got your nose?"
"Heh. You think you're funny, punk."
"What if I do, loser?"

The two stared each other down, they weren't blinking at all. Moments later, their eyes were begging to be closed as tears trickled down their cheeks. As their eyes twitched in pain, an island appeared on the horizon. They both blinked at once, not being able to handle the stinging pain.

"I won!"
"What? No way, I totally won that one."
"No way!"
"Yes way!"

As the two argued, the island got closer and closer. Another adventure was just around the corner.

Mishi sighed as she heard Billy and Takao start shouting and fighting eachother again, didn’t they ever get bored of it? Won’t they ever get bored of it? She gripped the wall as she edged back toward her room, before deciding to check where they were going via a window, dead ahead she saw an island, and a fish flopping about above deck. Also Takao and Billy seemed to be having a staring contest. She shook her head and hoped they’d make it to the island before their ship breaks down and sinks or something.
 
She would go down into the item room to check the safe with her money in it, she felt a lot lighter without all of it dragging her down most of the time. She made herself tea as she waited for them to reach land, hopefully Billy and Takao would be able to notice it before they get there, otherwise she’d actually have to go and do it herself.

After a few moments passed, Takao noticed an island appearing on the horizon from the corner of his eye. Looked like it was time to get ready to dock. He made his way to the wheel and got ready to steer the ship into the right place. Meanwhile Billy was getting ready to tie the ship to the actual docks.

Once they had both done their jobs. Billy hoped off the ship whilst Takao called out to Mishi.

"Oi, we're here!" he would yell before joining Billy onto the land.

He examined the island, this one was different than all the other islands they had visited. This one was... normal? There was nothing out of the ordinary, no gigantic birds, no forest, no witch doctor. It was absolutely normal.

Hm.. but looks could be deceiving.

Mishi counted her monies, and found that they were all there. Now she just had to hug one of the poles that was around to keep herself from falling into.. Nothing. She supposed it was just reflext or force of habit. When Takao would yell that they were there, Mishi would rush like a whirlwind in order to get off the ship and onto dry land.
 
Once outside and onto at least dirt, she panted for a moment from the change of pace, i.e she’d been sitting around for most of the time and suddenly she sprinted. Once she caught her breath, she’d look around, blinking. “..Uh.. We should.. Maybe get a map. Maybe.” she’d say, “And a log pose.” She just remembered that they were what’s needed to traverse the Grand line, otherwise they might get into very, very bad spots. And then the Calm Belt.

"Alright, a log pose!... What exactly is that..?"

Takao asked as he turned to Mishi. He wasn't the brightest when it came to all these traveling equipment, he even has troubles reading a simple map! Takao and the group began to wander into the town. Takao had his eye out for one of these log poses though he had no idea how one looked like. He would let his imagination cover that bit. Meanwhile Billy, was doing what Billy does best. Nothing. I kid you, he was simply taking a look around the place since the group were bound to get into another wacky adventure he thought he'd relish these moments of peace.

Moments later, Takao had spotted a building which read "Free Drinks!" His eyes lit up. He tugged at Mishi coat or shirt (whatever she was wearing) and pointed at the building like an excited little kid.

"Let's go, let's go, let's gooo~" he pleaded with the best expression of a puppy face he could possibly do. Billy was horrified at it.

Mishi made it safely onto the island, and found that it was.. An island. Just an island, nothing about. A few trees, some sand. “Ugh.. A Log Pose is something that people use to traverse the Grand Line, Takao. It points you to the next island once it’s set onto the one that you’re on. It’s to do with magnetics.” she’d say as they walked along the island. Soon they reached a place where they could see the building that said free drinks.
 
She blinked as Takao grabbed her suit and asked her whether they could go there. She looked at it, scratching her cheek. “I don’t know, it looks a little suspicious.. Takao, you go on ahead and we’ll walk.” She’d sya, reasoning that if something happened to Takao, the more level headed of the three could avoid it.

"C'mooon, how bad could it be? You can't just deny free drinks." Takao replied to Mishi as he attempted to grab hold of Mishi and Billy's arms.

If this was successful, he would attempt to drag them into the building and kick open the door. Inside, he would find a place which looked quite new, the floor was wooden, the walls had red wallpapers, there was a counter with cabinets of drinks located behind it. Had his place just opened up?

"Ah, welcome to my bar. I've recently opened up and thought I'd celebrate with a some free drinks. Grab a seat and choose whatever you'd like." the man behind the counter would say as he cleaned some glasses.

(( Sorry for delayz ))
 
“Who the heck would give away drinks? Especially on an island like this where barely anyone’d come around?” she’d sigh, before getting her arm grabbed by Takao and getting pulled to the bar place. She winced as Takao kicked open the door, wich was bound to be as new as the other place so the owner might not want it scratched. “Uh.. Hi.” she’d say, looking around.
 
She’d walk over to wherever Takao chose and sit down, looking around. “Tt’s.. Nice of you. Uhm. I’d like that one, thanks.” she’d say, pointing at a random drink should there be some kind of menu or indication of what drinks there are.

"That drink, eh? Huhuhuhu- I mean, of course young lady." The bartender grinned as he reached for the bottle Mishi has pointed to.

A smile grew on his lips, he made sure that his face was not facing them so that they would not see the big grin on his face. He turned back to face them and poured the bottle's contents into a cup before placing it in front of Mishi.

"Enjoy."
"I'd like that one, then." Takao ordered whilst pointing to a green bottle located on the same shelf Mishi's drink came from.

"Yes, of course."

The bartender made his way towards and the shelf and reached for the bottle before pouring it into another cup for Takao.

"No drinks for me today. I've had waaay to many and my head fills like it's gonna explode."
"No worries."

Mishi nodded slowly as the barkeep looked at the drink she randomly picked out, and her ears twitched as she hear him clearly laugh, but Takao and Billy were here so if he tried any funny business they could take care of him. “O..Kaaay..” she’d say, before the drink is placed in front of her.
 
Wrinkling her nose in suspicion, she’d sniff the drink, before taking a cautionary sip.

Mishi was acting very cautious and that was only normal for the drink did seem a little funny. Meanwhile, Takao on the other hand was chugging it down like no tomorrow. After mere seconds, the cup was completely empty and not a single drop remained!

Absolutely Extraordinary!

He let out a burp as if to signal that he was finished. Though, he was feeling a little funny.

"H-hey, I don't feel too good.." Takao muttered whilst touching his burning forehead.

Billy shrugged. He didn't care, Takao could go and die. However seconds passed and Takao was beginning to shrink. Billy rubbed his eyes and his jaw dropped at the sight. He shrank and shrank until he was nothing more but a baby sucking on a guitar!

"O-oi. What the hell was in that drink!?"

Mishi quite liked the drink, she waited for a moment, before figuring it was probably just her imagination playing up, plus her criminal lifestyle left relaxation to be desired. She’d take some gulps before hearing Takao say that he didn’t feel well, she immediately spat out what was left in her mouth, that it was probably too late for her, as she’d drank quite a bit. “What..?” she’d begin, before she too began to shrink as well.


She'd shrink, as her body and head grew smaller until she was a baby  nomming on a coin!

Billy's jaw dropped at the sight of Takao and Mishi. They had become babies!? It was no difference for Takao since his intellect was on par with that of a 3-4 year old but it was gonna be a royal pain in the ass looking after them.

Billy got up from his seat and clutched the Bartender's collar, furious at what had happened.

"What the hell did you do!?" he would yell, getting ready to punch the crazy man.

The bartender simply laugh like a complete maniac before finally he had calmed down, his tongue was now sticking out his mouth which was nor wearing a grin.

"You have until nightfall to find the cure, good luck."

The man would then press a flintlock against his head and fire. Billy let go of the corpse and proceeded to vomit. What a gruesome scene. Great, the only man in the world who knew how to cure Takao and Mishi was now dead. What a predicament he was in.

Billy approached Mishi and attempted to remove the coin from her mouth, she could choke on those things. He would then carefully pick her up and then pick Takao up from his legs, no one cared about Takao anyway. He made sure to strap Takao's guitar onto his back, since Takao was now too young to carry it.

"Oh god. What a mess..."

Mishi started to crawl on the counter and toward the cashier’s.. Thing, boxy-money place, her beli senses were tingling. Suddenly she was splattered with red stuff, she looked at it, before giggling and carrying on to the place with money while suckling on her coin before getting picked up by Billy, who’d spitefully taken away the coin she was nomming, causing her to start crying.
 
She’d start swinging her arms toward Billy’s face, but the lack of distance her small, baby farms caused her attacks to fall short, only for a splodge of chocolate to gush from her knuckles toward him!

"Oi,oi. Let's get you cleaned up." Billy would mutter as he looked at Baby Mishi who was trying her best to throw a punch at him with those little arms of hers. How cute.

However, whilst Billy was chuckling at Mishi some chocolate got all over his face. How on earth did that happen? Was Mishi hiding some chocolate under her sleeves? Billy placed Mishi and Takao on the counter beside each other and handed Mishi her coin to shut her up for a few minutes. Takao giggled and attempted to take the coin from Mishi's little hands. Even as a child, he still was causing trouble. Billy got a napkin and wiped his face, he then began to wipe Mishi's face too.

Man, oh man. How an earth was he gonna get these two back to normal? He'd have to look around the town for clues, this mad scientist was certainly mad.

Mishi successfully managed to hit Billy, but not quite in the way she’d have expected, but still, a hit was a hit. Soon Billy gave her back her coin, and she squealed in delight and rubbed her cheek up against the coin ebfore moving to place it in her mouth, but then evil Takao stole her coin! Tears began to well up in her eyes as a temper tantrum started to come about, she grabbed a stick from hammerspace and attempted to start bludgeoning Takao’s head with it, a coin for a brown eye.

Takao began to cry as Mishi hit him across the head with a stick and eventually returned the coin back to Mishi but he stuck out his tongue as he done so. Billy laughed, Takao was such an idiot, he deserved it. Anyways, he needed to stop playing with the babies and he needed to return them back to normal as soon as possible.

He picked up the two and exited the bar, good, the sun was still high in the sky so still had time on his side. Billy decided that he should buy a baby carriage since it was a pain to hold them. He entered a store and began to look around. All he could find was a carriage for one baby, not two. Ah well, he'd have to squeeze them in.

"How much?" Billy asked the shopkeeper
"It's on sale, 100 beli will do." he would reply

Thank god. That's all that he had on him. He paid the man and squeezed Takao and Mishi together before placing a seatbelt over them. Now it was time to roll.

Mishi poked her tongue out at Takao as he gave back her coin, she squealed delightfully and began to suckle on it once more, thumping the ground with her legs. She was soon picked up by Billy and squeezed into a small carriage with Billy, she’d try to shove him back for room, should a small fight break out for it she’d simply clamber upwards and sit on him instead.

Takao would laugh as Mishi sat onto his head, he squealed with happiness! The comfort that Mishi has bought upon his head by sitting onto him was amazing! Billy ignored the two babies, they were probably up to something stupid. It felt kind weird for Billy to be the one leading, though he couldn't complain since he was the only one not affected and he still did kinda owe Mishi for saving his ass back at that slave trading place.

First things first, where would he find clues... hm... maybe a pharmacy? But where could he find one of those...? He stopped and took a look at the island's map which was pinned up on a board. His eyes tracing it and looking for a pharmacy.

Meanwhile, Takao pissed himself.

Mishi meanwhile would fall asleep on Takao, her elbow may or may not ‘accidently’ find its way onto his face. She was a baby, she did what she wanted to. Maybe after her nap she’d throw Takao overboard.

Takao began to cry as Mishi's elbow hit his face. Billy ignored the two babies... being a father sure was hard. After minutes of walking around, he had finally found a pharmacy. Rushing into it, he quickly approached the counter.

"Excuse me, but do you have some sort of cure to the illness which turns people into babies?" he would ask, getting a strange look from the woman behind the counter,

"Uh.. Are you sure you don't need some treatment yourself..?" she would ask, thinking that Billy was out of his mind.

Billy sighed... what else was he expecting. Of course no one would believe his damn story! Ugh, where was he gonna go look now? Meanwhile, a figure watched them from the back of the store. Intrigued at what Billy had just said.

Oh and Takao was biting Mishi's elbow, despite not having proper teeth yet.

(( Sorry for the wait ))

Takao started to gum on Mishi’s elbow, causing her to growl with ferocious babyness. She’d get fed up of her bonds. Her tiny, four-wheeled bonds. With a seat called Takao. Its’ time she’d set out for herself, and find a pacifier. She’d attempt to clamper out of the carriage, before falling out and landing on her buttocks, causing her to start crying.

The figure made his way towards the counter, finally deciding to make his move. The woman at the counter noticed this and slowly began to back away from the man as he stepped on top of the counter. He was wearing a rather... flashy outfit. A black cape, black mask, black boots, black suit etc. Basically, nearly every piece of clothing on his was black. He looked down at Billy.

"You really want to know how to cure this... phenomenon?" the man would ask at the puzzled Billy.

Billy rubbed his chin. Could he really turst someone dressed like that? The man seemed like he needed help himself! Billy turned towards the crying Mishi, picking her up, he decided to carry her for a bit since if he left her in the carriage, she probably fall down again. He handed her a coin to calm her down.

"Yea, why not." Billy would reply.